USV 'Ranger' fires an SM-6. One of the U.S. Defense Department’s two prototype robot warships just fired its first missile. The military on Friday hailed the test-launch of an SM-6 missile from ...

The program, an element of the Defense Department's Strategic Capabilities office, currently has two unmanned surface ships, the USV Ranger and the USV Nomad.

Department of Defense shows unmanned ship, USV Ranger, successfully firing SM-6 missiles without a single human being on-board.

Four unmanned surface vessels are operating at RIMPAC -- and the lessons they generate will inform the path to a Large USV program of record in the next three years, and help determine if there's ...